Efficacy & Safety of Pigtail Catheter Drainage Versus Need Based Thoracocentesis for Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax.

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2023
In cirrhotic patients with recurrent hepatic hydrothorax liver transplantation is a definitive treatment. But a significant number of individual are ineligible for liver transplantation. In these patients to ameliorate the symptoms various treatment modalities such as TIPS, serial thoracocentesis, pigtail catheter drainage and pleurodesis are used. We are doing this study to assess the safety and efficacy of serial thoracocentesis verus pigtail catheter drainage.
Epistemonikos ID: f45746a0095516e70d9f9fcfb15d5e12515a2e13
First added on: May 15, 2024